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" Data mining for global trends in mountain biodiversity / "
edited by Eva M. Spehn and Christian Körner.
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951104
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b705474
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Data mining for global trends in mountain biodiversity /\ edited by Eva M. Spehn and Christian Körner.
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Boca Raton :: CRC Press,, ©2010.
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xiii, 181 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 27 cm
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1420083694
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: 9781420083699
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Ch. 1. Exploring and Explaining Mountain Biodiversity: The Role and Power of Geophysical Information Systems / Christian Korner and Jens Paulsen -- Ch. 2. Primary Biodiversity Data -- The Foundation for Understanding Global Mountain Biodiversity / Larry Speers -- Ch. 3. Using Primary Biodiversity Data in Mountain Species Numbers Assessments / M. Jorge Soberon -- Ch. 4. Global Need for, and Appreciation of, High-Quality Metadata in Biodiversity Database Work / Falk Huettmann -- Ch. 5. Possible Correlation between the Altitudinal and Latitudinal Ranges of Species in the High Elevation Flora of the Andes / Mary T. Kalin Arroyo, Leah S. Dudley, Patricio Pliscoff, Lohengrin A. Cavieres, Francisco A. Squeo, Clodomiro Marticorena and Ricardo Rozzi -- Ch. 6. Exploring Patterns of Plant Diversity in China's Mountains / Jingyun Fang, Xiangping Wang, Zhiyao Tang, Zehao Shen and Chengyang Zheng -- Ch. 7. Elevational Pattern of Seed Plant Species Richness in the Hengduan Mountains, Southwest China: Area and Climate / Da-Cai Zhang and Hang Sun -- Ch. 8. Elevational Gradients of Species Richness Derived from Local Field Surveys versus "Mining" of Archive Data / Michael Kessler, Thorsten Kromer, Jurgen Kluge, Dirk N. Karger, Amparo Acebey, Andreas Hemp, Sebastian K. Herzog and Marcus Lehnert -- Ch. 9. Species Richness of Breeding Birds along the Altitudinal Gradient -- An Analysis of Atlas Databases from Switzerland and Catalonia (NE Spain) / Niklaus Zbinden, Marc Kery, Verena Keller, Lluis Brotons, Sergi Herrando and Hans Schmid -- Ch. 10. Diverse Elevational Diversity Gradients in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A. / Nathan J. Sanders, Robert R. Dunn, Matthew C. Fitzpatrick, Christopher E. Carlton, Michael R. Pogue, Charles R. Parker and Theodore R. Simons -- Ch. 11. Integrating Data across Biodiversity Levels: The Project IntraBioDiv / Andreas Tribsch, Thorsten Englisch, Felix Gugerli, Rolf Holderegger, Harald Niklfeld, Katharina Steinmann, Conny Thiel-Egenter, Niklaus E. Zimmermann and Pierre Taberlet / IntraBioDiv Consortium -- Ch. 12. Plant Functional Traits Database for the Alps -- Application to the Understanding of Functional Effects of Changed Grassland Management / Sandra Lavorel, Sophie Gachet, Amandine Sahl, Marie-Pascale Colace, Stephanie Gaucherand, Melanie Burylo and Richard Bonet -- Ch. 13. Using Species Occurrence Databases to Determine Niche Dynamics of Montane and Lowland Species since the Last Glacial Maximum / Robert Guralnick and Peter B. Pearman -- Ch. 14. Georeferenced Biodiversity Databank for Evaluating the Impact of Climate Change in Southern Italy Mountains / Roberto Pizzolotto, Maria Sapia, Francesco Rotondaro, Stefano Scalercio and Pietro Brandmayr -- Ch. 15. Using Georeferenced Databases to Assess the Effect of Climate Change on Alpine Plant Species and Diversity / Christophe F. Randin, Robin Engler, Peter B. Pearman, Pascal Vittoz and Antoine Guisan -- Ch. 16. "Mountain Laboratory" of Nature -- A Largely Unexplored Mine of Information: Synthesis of the Book / Eva M. Spehn and Christian Korner -- Ch. 17. Creative Use of Mountain Biodiversity Databases: The Kazbegi Research Agenda of GMBA-DIVERSITAS / Christian Korner, Michael Donoghue, Thomas Fabbro, Christoph Hauser, David Nogues-Bravo, Mary T. Kalin Arroyo, M. Jorge Soberon, Larry Speers, Eva M. Spehn, Hang Sun, Andreas Tribsch, Piotr Tykarski and Niklaus Zbinden.
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Electronic databases can open new pathways for testing evolutionary and ecological theory across the world's mountain ranges. This book examines global trends in mountain biodiversity using electronic biodiversity databases. Expert contributors address two different aspects of global mountain biodiversity assessment: how to link biodiversity data with geophysical data and how to use biodiversity data to substantiate evolutionary theory and phylogeny. The text provides examples of successful mining of geo-referenced data, methodological approaches, and comparisons of mountain regions on a continental scale.
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Biodiversity-- Databases.
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Biodiversity-- Research.
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Data mining.
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Mountain biodiversity.
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Mountain ecology-- Databases.
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Mountain ecology-- Research.
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Biodiversität
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Biodiversity-- Research.
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Data Mining
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Data mining.
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Ekosystem på land.
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Gebirge
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Markekologi.
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Mountain biodiversity.
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Mountain ecology-- Research.
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| Dewey Classification
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577.5/3
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QH541.5.M65D38 2010
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WI 5600rvk
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Körner, Christian,1949-
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Spehn, E. M., (Eva M.)
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